EEG expertise on third countries
Dear European Data Protection Supervisor,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
Any expert report, legal opinion, evaluation matrix, checklist or other document, of any origin, regardless of its finalization (draft or final), that is available to the Board and that addresses the issue of third country (non-EU/EEA) compliance with the 'European Essential Guarantees', as described in Working Paper 237 (by the former Art. 29 Working Party) and most recently in EDPB Recommendation 02/2020. This request relates in particular to the United States of America, the People's Republic of China, the Federal Republic of India, and any other third country for which documents of the above type are already available.
Yours faithfully,
Enrique Broenstein
Dear Mr Broenstein,
We acknowledge receipt of your request which was registered 13 November
2020. Your case has been registered with case number 2020-1092.
Please note that European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) are two separate and independent
institutions. We cannot provide you with documents which are in possession
of the EDPB. Should you want to access any EDPS documents, please provide
us with more details.
Be advised, this case will remain open for another 30 days. In case you do
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Yours sincerely,
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Dear European Data Protection Supervisor,
Thank you very much for your reply.
I would like to clarify that this request refers explicitly to documents held by the EDPS that address the issue of third country (non-EU/EEA) compliance with the European Essential Guarantees, regardless of their nature or origin (see my initial request), especially as the EDPS itself asked EUIs to carry out case-by-case Transfer Impact Assessments (TIAs) in its 'Strategy for Union institutions, offices, bodies and agencies to comply with the ‘Schrems II’ Ruling' dated 29 October 2020.
In particular, the EDPS required EUIs to decide as to whether it is possible to continue the transfers identified in the mapping exercise and report by 15 November 2020 at the latest, on specific risks and gaps they identified during this mapping exercise (see, page 8 of the abovementioned Strategy).
Furthermore, the EDPS expressly stated it "will provide a list of preliminary questions for EUI controllers" on TIAs (loc. cit.).
I thus kindly request that any such list of questions, expert report, legal opinion, evaluation matrix, checklist or other document on the matter of EEG compliance be provided within the statutory term.
Yours sincerely,
Enrique Broenstein
Dear Mr Broenstein,
We are writing you concerning your access to documents request case number
2020-1092. In accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents, you are entitled to receive a reply within 15 working days.
However, due to the amount of documents, the EDPS will not be in a
position to respond within the original time limit of 15 working days. We
have therefore decided to extend the time limit by 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) 1049/2001. You should
expect to receive a reply from the EDPS by 12 January 2021 at the latest.
Yours sincerely,
EDPS Secretariat
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Dear European Data Protection Supervisor,
The response to your request is long overdue, please respond without undue delay.
Yours sincerely,
Enrique Broenstein
Dear Sir,
Please find attached a letter signed electronically by Mr Leonardo Cervera
(+ Annexes will be sent in seral parts) for the above mentioned subject.
Kind regards,
[1]cid:image001.png@01D6ADDD.F732FD60 EDPS Secretariat
' (+32) 228 319 00 | Fax +32 2 283
19 50
[2]Email [3][EDPS request email]
European Data Protection Supervisor
Postal address: Rue Wiertz 60,
B-1047 Brussels
Office address: Rue Montoyer 30,
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Dear Sir,
Please find attached a letter signed electronically by Mr Leonardo Cervera
(+ Annexes will be sent in seral parts) for the above mentioned subject.
Kind regards,
[1]cid:image001.png@01D6ADDD.F732FD60 EDPS Secretariat
' (+32) 228 319 00 | Fax +32 2 283
19 50
[2]Email [3][EDPS request email]
European Data Protection Supervisor
Postal address: Rue Wiertz 60,
B-1047 Brussels
Office address: Rue Montoyer 30,
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[4]Twitter [5]@EU_EDPS
[6]Website [7]www.edps.europa.eu
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Dear Sir,
Please find attached a letter signed electronically by Mr Leonardo Cervera
(+ Annexes will be sent in seral parts) for the above mentioned subject.
Kind regards,
[1]cid:image001.png@01D6ADDD.F732FD60 EDPS Secretariat
' (+32) 228 319 00 | Fax +32 2 283
19 50
[2]Email [3][EDPS request email]
European Data Protection Supervisor
Postal address: Rue Wiertz 60,
B-1047 Brussels
Office address: Rue Montoyer 30,
B-1000 Brussels
[4]Twitter [5]@EU_EDPS
[6]Website [7]www.edps.europa.eu
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Dear European Data Protection Supervisor,
dear Mr Cervera Navas,
Thank you very much for granting access to the above documents.
To avoid a multitude of repeated requests relating to the same issue in the future, can you already say when the EDPS will have completed its "Transfer Impact Assessments (TIAs)" in its 'Strategy for Union institutions, offices, bodies and agencies to comply with the 'Schrems II' Ruling' dated 29 October 2020 or any guidance in this regard?
Yours sincerely,
Enrique Broenstein
Dear Sir,
Please find attached a letter signed electronically by Mr Leonardo Cervera
(+ Annexes will be sent in seral parts) for the above mentioned subject.
Kind regards,
[1]cid:image001.png@01D6ADDD.F732FD60 EDPS Secretariat
' (+32) 228 319 00 | Fax +32 2 283
19 50
[2]Email [3][EDPS request email]
European Data Protection Supervisor
Postal address: Rue Wiertz 60,
B-1047 Brussels
Office address: Rue Montoyer 30,
B-1000 Brussels
[4]Twitter [5]@EU_EDPS
[6]Website [7]www.edps.europa.eu
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Dear European Data Protection Supervisor,
Thank you very much - again - for granting access to further documents.
Please allow me to reiterate my question: To avoid a multitude of repeated requests relating to the same issue in the future, can you already say when the EDPS will have completed its "Transfer Impact Assessments (TIAs)" in its 'Strategy for Union institutions, offices, bodies and agencies to comply with the 'Schrems II' Ruling' dated 29 October 2020 or any guidance in this regard?
Yours sincerely,
Enrique Broenstein
Dear Sir,
Please find attached a letter signed electronically by Mr Leonardo Cervera
(+ Annexes will be sent in seral parts) for the above mentioned subject.
Kind regards,
[1]cid:image001.png@01D6ADDD.F732FD60 EDPS Secretariat
' (+32) 228 319 00 | Fax +32 2 283
19 50
[2]Email [3][EDPS request email]
European Data Protection Supervisor
Postal address: Rue Wiertz 60,
B-1047 Brussels
Office address: Rue Montoyer 30,
B-1000 Brussels
[4]Twitter [5]@EU_EDPS
[6]Website [7]www.edps.europa.eu
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Dear Sir,
Please find attached a letter signed electronically by Mr Leonardo Cervera
(+ Annexes will be sent in seral parts) for the above mentioned subject.
Kind regards,
[1]cid:image001.png@01D6ADDD.F732FD60 EDPS Secretariat
' (+32) 228 319 00 | Fax +32 2 283
19 50
[2]Email [3][EDPS request email]
European Data Protection Supervisor
Postal address: Rue Wiertz 60,
B-1047 Brussels
Office address: Rue Montoyer 30,
B-1000 Brussels
[4]Twitter [5]@EU_EDPS
[6]Website [7]www.edps.europa.eu
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Dear Ms Maes,
I am preparing the reply to your confirmatory application.
I would like to discuss with you some details concerning you request,
before finalising it.
Would it be possible to possible to contact you over the phone?
As you publish publically your communications with EDPS I cannot give you
my private mobile number for direct contact.
I will appreciate if you reply to this email and provide me with a number
to contact you directly.
Thank you in advance
Tsanko Tsankov
Tsanko Tsankov
[1]cid:image001.png@01D69BD0.15A53620 Transparency Officer – EDPS Secretariat
[2]| Tel. (+32) 228 31902 | Fax +32(0)22831950 | MTS
06X038
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Dear TSANKOV Tsanko,
Thank you for your email -- there was presumably a mistake, as you addressed this to "Ms Maes". Apart from that, I am unfortunately unable to make or receive telephone calls due to physical limitations. I would therefore kindly ask you to continue to answer my request in this way. Thank you very much!
Yours sincerely,
Enrique Broenstein
Dear Mr. Broenstein,
Thank you for your prompt reply to my message. I apologise, but this particular message was send to you by mistake. At the same time the message intended for you was send to another person. This was caused by the complexity of the email naming system used by AskTheEU.org.
Following your request from 25 January, I can inform you that the EDPS complied with the EDPS order implementing its 'Schrems II Strategy'. It continues to closely scrutinise its processing activities (including new ones) in terms of international transfers. The EDPS will comply in a timely manner with any subsequent requirements of the EDPS 'Schrems II Strategy', including carrying out TIAs. Unfortunately, it is not possible at this time to provide an exact commitment in terms of timing.
Kind regards
Tsanko Tsankov
Transparency Officer – EDPS Secretariat
| Tel. (+32) 228 31902 | Fax +32(0)22831950 | MTS 06X038
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European Data Protection Supervisor
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This email (and any attachment) may contain information that is internal or confidential. Unauthorised access, use or other processing is not permitted. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender by reply and then delete all copies. Emails are not secure as they can be intercepted, amended, and infected with viruses. The EDPS therefore cannot guarantee the security of correspondence by email.